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."She hunkered down on hands and knees, struggling not to peer between the rotting slats of wood to the floor below.Already the first of the groups of slave workers were thronging through on their way to their shift locations.Ryan ignored her, concentrating on trying to spot Dean.Because of the assortment of torn clothes and furs, it was a difficult task."Gaia, help me," he said through clenched teeth.He'd once asked Krysty how her powers of "seeing" worked, and she'd simply replied that she didn't know.All she'd said was that she never consciously strained to use the mutie skill, that she kind of switched off and allowed her subconscious to point her in the right direction.Ryan breathed slowly, letting his eye roam freely around the echoing cavern beneath him, trying not to control what he was doing."Dean," he said.He followed his intuition, concentrating on the small figure in the dark maroon jacket, the hood thrown back tp show his mass of black curls.At that precise moment the boy looked up, past the dizzy maze of thin ropes and cables to the hanging bridge far above his head.For a split second, father and son stared into each other's faces.Ryan turned to Kate."Come on."Chapter Thirty-EightWith a movement of his flattened hand, fingers spread, Ryan warned his son not to make any approach, or let on that they knew each other.He and Kate had moved quickly through the throng of workers, heads low, careful not to make eye contact with any of the sec men.He'd watched to see which tunnel Dean's shift entered, and in less than five minutes he and Kate were safely tagged onto them, grabbing at a pair of shovels from a pile at the top of the first ladder.The guards were oblivious to the extra two workers.Dean was second in the column of sixteen men and women.Ryan gradually eased his way closer to the boy, pushing a place or two toward the front as they stopped for each fresh descent into new levels of the mine.There was far more water around than at any other time.It ran down the walls of the vertical shafts, gathering in slick pools of golden mud along the centers of the passages.Twice they waded through fast-flowing streams that appeared to come out of bare rock and vanish somewhere lower down.After descending four ladders, Ryan was only one place behind Dean, with Kate jostling at his own elbow."Kind of wet today, kid," he said."Sure is, old man," Dean replied, not even turning to look at his father."We goin' deeper?""One more drop.""You okay?""Been better."A guard drew closer and spotted them talking."Shut up!"Ryan waited until they were at the bottom of the swaying ladder."Got to move quick.Russkie knows me from way back."For the first time, Dean glanced at him "Your eye! Is it so's he won't pick you?""Don't ask so many questions.Just be ready to move fast.""Her?" He gestured with a thumb toward Kate Webb."With us?""She's been helping.When we run, she runs.Name's Kate."Dean nodded to the young woman."Hi."Once again, a sec man walked toward them, and Ryan tensed himself for trouble.But this time it was something different."Listen good!" Every head turned slowly toward the guard."Been some falls around here.Bad ones.So watch where you step and how hard you dig.The rain on top and a double-fast thaw's making it even more sodding dangerous.So, you been warned."After delivering the information, the sec man went to the ladder and climbed rapidly up to the next level, leaving the work party completely unattended.RYAN QUICKLY EXPLORED the shaft, finding to his disappointment that it was closed off, with the single exit up the same ladder that they'd come down.It was obviously a new work area, with no other passages leading out.He passed the news to Dean and Kate."So, what do we do?""Either climb to the next level, but that's risky, or wait for the end of the shift and try to drift away from the end of the line."Dean shook his head."Dangerous.""We've done it before, son.Sure, it is dangerous, but it looks like the best chance there is [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."She hunkered down on hands and knees, struggling not to peer between the rotting slats of wood to the floor below.Already the first of the groups of slave workers were thronging through on their way to their shift locations.Ryan ignored her, concentrating on trying to spot Dean.Because of the assortment of torn clothes and furs, it was a difficult task."Gaia, help me," he said through clenched teeth.He'd once asked Krysty how her powers of "seeing" worked, and she'd simply replied that she didn't know.All she'd said was that she never consciously strained to use the mutie skill, that she kind of switched off and allowed her subconscious to point her in the right direction.Ryan breathed slowly, letting his eye roam freely around the echoing cavern beneath him, trying not to control what he was doing."Dean," he said.He followed his intuition, concentrating on the small figure in the dark maroon jacket, the hood thrown back tp show his mass of black curls.At that precise moment the boy looked up, past the dizzy maze of thin ropes and cables to the hanging bridge far above his head.For a split second, father and son stared into each other's faces.Ryan turned to Kate."Come on."Chapter Thirty-EightWith a movement of his flattened hand, fingers spread, Ryan warned his son not to make any approach, or let on that they knew each other.He and Kate had moved quickly through the throng of workers, heads low, careful not to make eye contact with any of the sec men.He'd watched to see which tunnel Dean's shift entered, and in less than five minutes he and Kate were safely tagged onto them, grabbing at a pair of shovels from a pile at the top of the first ladder.The guards were oblivious to the extra two workers.Dean was second in the column of sixteen men and women.Ryan gradually eased his way closer to the boy, pushing a place or two toward the front as they stopped for each fresh descent into new levels of the mine.There was far more water around than at any other time.It ran down the walls of the vertical shafts, gathering in slick pools of golden mud along the centers of the passages.Twice they waded through fast-flowing streams that appeared to come out of bare rock and vanish somewhere lower down.After descending four ladders, Ryan was only one place behind Dean, with Kate jostling at his own elbow."Kind of wet today, kid," he said."Sure is, old man," Dean replied, not even turning to look at his father."We goin' deeper?""One more drop.""You okay?""Been better."A guard drew closer and spotted them talking."Shut up!"Ryan waited until they were at the bottom of the swaying ladder."Got to move quick.Russkie knows me from way back."For the first time, Dean glanced at him "Your eye! Is it so's he won't pick you?""Don't ask so many questions.Just be ready to move fast.""Her?" He gestured with a thumb toward Kate Webb."With us?""She's been helping.When we run, she runs.Name's Kate."Dean nodded to the young woman."Hi."Once again, a sec man walked toward them, and Ryan tensed himself for trouble.But this time it was something different."Listen good!" Every head turned slowly toward the guard."Been some falls around here.Bad ones.So watch where you step and how hard you dig.The rain on top and a double-fast thaw's making it even more sodding dangerous.So, you been warned."After delivering the information, the sec man went to the ladder and climbed rapidly up to the next level, leaving the work party completely unattended.RYAN QUICKLY EXPLORED the shaft, finding to his disappointment that it was closed off, with the single exit up the same ladder that they'd come down.It was obviously a new work area, with no other passages leading out.He passed the news to Dean and Kate."So, what do we do?""Either climb to the next level, but that's risky, or wait for the end of the shift and try to drift away from the end of the line."Dean shook his head."Dangerous.""We've done it before, son.Sure, it is dangerous, but it looks like the best chance there is [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]